Revelations: Conor Gadd, chef-owner, Trullo, London

We delve into the life and inner thoughts of a top chef. This week, Conor Gadd, chef-owner at Trullo, London

 

What was your best subject at school?

 

Languages, mainly Spanish

 

What was your first job?

 

Paper boy

 

What was your first job in catering?

 

Kitchen porter at Chelsea Wine Bar in London

 

What do you normally have for breakfast?

 

Black coffee by the gallon

 

What do you do to relax?

 

With three kids and a busy restaurant to run, relaxing is often a pipe dream. When I do, it’s exercising or playing sport followed by watching sport

 

Which is your favourite restaurant?

 

Trullo – but if that’s cheating, I had the most amazing meal at Al Gatto Nero in Venice

 

What’s your favourite hotel?

 

Six Senses, Ibiza

 

What is your favourite drink?

 

Guinness

 

Which person in catering have you most admired?

 

The chefs who I have worked with. It’s an incredibly difficult job that is unforgiving. To see chefs come in day after day and perform regardless of what’s going on in their lives is an extremely admirable quality

 

Which person gave you the greatest inspiration?

 

My current business partners, Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda. To be so young and open a restaurant with such ambition and integrity was inspiring to say the least

 

Cast away on a desert island, what luxury would you take?

 

White truffle with a slicer

 

**Describe your ultimate nightmare? **

 

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

 

When and where was your last holiday?

 

Depends on whether or not you class travelling round the Tuscan countryside tasting some of the best olive oil and wine in the world as a holiday…

 

What irritates you most about the industry?

 

Restaurants that talk about how amazing a tomato is rather than the people who work for them and how amazing they are

 

When did you last eat a hamburger?

 

Last Friday – Five Guys isone of my favourite restaurants

 

What is your favourite prepared product?

 

Any kind of hot sauce

 

If you had more time, what would you do?

 

Cook more interesting things for my children to eat